Final Debate Live: And That’s a Wrap Without a Shake of Hands
The third and final Presidential Debate will be hosted by Fox News’ Chris Wallace at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- The third and final US Presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was held at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
- The debate was moderated by Fox News’ Chris Wallace.
- The final debate is held 18 days before the voting day – 8 November.
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Closing Statements
The debate moderator asked Trump and Clinton to say their last words on their final debate against each other before the country goes into polls.
With these statements and a lot of interruptions, the candidates wrapped up their debate without a shake of their hands.
Accolades flooded in for the moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News, after the final presidential debate came to an end.
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“Such a Nasty Woman!”
Keeping in mind that Medicare is going to run out of money by 2020, Social Security is going to run of money, Wallace asked the candidates on their plans on striking a deal between tax raise and benefit cut, to allow Medicare and Social Security to thrive.
While Hillary said that she will raise taxes for the wealthy, Trump commented, “Such a nasty woman!”
The ISIS Question
On the question of how to tackle ISIS, Hillary said:
She says that the America needs to go after ISIS, "just like we went after Bin Laden, while you were doing Celebrity Apprentice."
Donald Trump said he didn’t support the invasion of Iraq.
He also said that the “ISIS aligned” Syrian refugees coming into US because of Hillary.
Wallace asked Hillary if she would, as a President, shoot down a Russian plane if it entered the no fly zone that she wants to enforce.
Hillary suggested her strategy would be to "strike a deal" with Russia and Syria before the no-fly zone went into place.
Will the Loser Accept the Result?
Hillary reminded the audience yet again that Trump hasn’t released his tax return.
Bringing up the issue of Trump’s opinion of the US Elections for being “rigged”, the debate moderator asked if Trump will accept the poll result as his running mate Mike Pence had said.
Wallace then reminded Trump of the tradition that the “loser concedes to the winner” after the result.
Hillary accused Donald of blaming results to be flawed and unfair when he loses.
On Trump’s “Locker Room Talk”
Chris Wallace asked Trump why were so many women accusing him of inappropriate attitude towards women
Wallace asked Hillary, who defended his husband during his White House sex scandal to comment on the same. Avoiding commenting on Bill Clinton’s scandal, she said:
Trump still accusing Hillary said:
How Will They Create Jobs?
On the question of why the candidates believe that their plans will create more jobs, Hillary Clinton said:
Donald Trump, in his turn, said that the NAFTA deal signed by Bill Clinton, Hillary’s husband has cost a lot of jobs and that he will change the deal and cut down business taxes that will ensure that a lot more people are being hired.
Hillary argued that cutting down taxes the way Trump wanted would add trillion dollars to the already existing debt.
Trump said that India is growing at 8 percent, while China was growing at 7 percent while America is growing a a dismal rate of 1 percent.
On the Issue of Borders and Amnesty
The second question posed by Chris Wallace to the two candidates were on their opinions on borders and why the think the other is wrong.
Donald Trump begun with talking about how Hillary’s idea of providing amnesty is unfair.
Contradicting Trump, Hillary said that she refuses to infuse fear among the immigrants of the country that their families will suddenly be deported. She however supported the idea of taking action against violent criminals among the immigrants.
Hillary also said that Trump had underpaid his undocumented workers and threatened to get them deported. Calling Trump a “puppet” of Russian President, Vladimir Putin, Hillary asked Trump to own up to the fact that Putin played a role in the US Presidential Elections.
Earlier, Putin had voiced his support to Republican nominee, Donald Trump.
Trump also suggested that Hillary wants “open borders” and invite radical Islamic terrorism.
Clinton and Trump Discuss Supreme Court in Final Debate
On the question of where the candidates want to see the court take the country, Democrat nominee, Hillary Clinton says the issue of Supreme Court is crucial because it determines what rights people will have.
On the same question Donald Trump said that US needs a Supreme Court which uphold the second amendment, that is the constitutional right to bear arms which he says “is under siege”.
Debating against the Trump’s support for reinforcement of gun laws, Hillary said that she “respects” gun laws but it needs a common sensical limitation as it has left many children injured.
Trump also voiced his support for pro-life while Hillary said she will defend planned parenthood even though Trump wants to “defund planned parenthood”.
Previously, Trump had suggested a form of punishment for women who “rip the baby out of the womb prior to the due date”. Hillary retorted by saying “this does not happen”.
The third and final debate between Hillary Clinton and Trump is being swing-state Nevada where Hillary Clinton enjoys a slight majority.
Debate moderator, Chris Wallace of Fox News has taken the stage.
Las Vegas will witness the most crucial encounter between rivals Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as they square off at the third and final debate of the US presidential election, on Wednesday.
The debate will focus on six topics – debt and entitlements, immigration, economy, the supreme court, foreign hotspots and fitness to be president.
The first debate was held on 26 September and the second one was held on 10 October.
During the first debate, Hillary Clinton showed a clear win while during the second one, the two candidates threw enough points but the debate was eventually handed to Clinton.
This is the last chance for Trump to gain points before America goes to vote on 8 November.
Of ‘Locker Room Talk’ and ‘Hacked’ Emails
As the long and rancorous campaign lurches toward an end, Donald Trump gets one of his last opportunities in Wednesday night’s final debate against Hillary Clinton to turn around a race that appears to be slipping away. While Clinton’s campaign is confidently expanding into traditionally Republican states, Trump’s narrow electoral path is shrinking.
The Trump camp has lost support from its party after The Washington Post released a video of Donald Trump advocating and agreeing to have committed sexual assault. Although Trump maintained that he did not do any of the things he was heard saying in the video, and that it was “locker room talk”.
Clinton has been forced to contend with the illegal hacking of her campaign chairman’s emails, leaked in tranches by WikiLeaks in what the US government has described as the work of Russian intelligence.
The former secretary of state is also sure to be pressed about a senior State Department official’s request that an FBI employee re-review the classification of an email from Clinton’s private server.
Clinton in the Lead
Public opinion polls show Clinton leading in nearly all battleground states. On Monday, her campaign stepped up its efforts in Arizona, a state that has voted for a Democratic presidential nominee just once in the past 62 years.
According to the latest Bloomberg Politics national poll, Democrat Hillary Clinton leads Trump by 9 percentage points in the survey of likely voters, taken after a leaked video prompted a series of women to come forward alleging the Republican made unwanted sexual advances.
Clinton is leading by 7.5 points in the ‘RealClearPolitics’ average of national polls. Her chances of winning at this stage stood at 87.2%, according to the ‘FiveThirtyEight’ election forecast.
Outgoing POTUS and FLOTUS Against Trump
The outgoing President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama have also advocated Hillary Clinton and issued a decisive blow to Trump on more than two occasions.
Obama recently lacerated Trump for his repeated assertions that the election is “rigged” against him, asking him to “stop whining” and go fight for votes.
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